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Portrait of Basho
Portrait of Basho
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Portrait of Basho

Artist/Culture (Japanese)
Datelate 18th–early 19th century
Mediumink on silk
Dimensions163 x 31.4 cm (64 3/16 x 12 3/8 in.)
image: 78.5 x 29.4 cm (30 7/8 x 11 9/16 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineStoddard Acquisition Fund
Object number2006.439
DescriptionCalligraphy and painting
On View
Not on view
Juggler
Matsuo Gaitei
late 18th century
Calligraphy
Matsuo Basho
1644–1694
Conservation Status: After Treatment
Nonoguchi (Hinaya) Ryuho
1650s–1660s
Plum Blossom Branches
Ozaki Koyo
late 19th century
Water-bird Standing in Water
Kano, Eishuku
late 17th century–early 18th century
Eagle
Feng Yichu
about 1675 to about 1740
Main Image
Chinese
early Ming Dynasty (1368–1400)
Basho
Yamauchi Kyokusen
1830–1903